“Magnum Opus” is an episode where things of consequence happen and we get to know Abraham the Headless Horseman and Ichabod better. At it’s core it is a drama but also gives more with some puzzles too. I’ll get into more of what I mean in the assessment.

The episode was directed by Doug Aarniokoski and written by Donald Todd.

The premise is that Abbie and Ichabod are trying to get the sword that is capable of defeating Moloch but War listens in on their conversation through the mirror Katrina used to reach out to them leading to him sending out the Headless Horseman to deal with them in preparation for Moloch’s rise. From here the story unfolds.

Here is the assessment of the episode:

The Pros: The Monsters – There are some great monster moments in this episode…from the Headless Horseman in the mist, the Gorgon guarding the sword and a fully risen Moloch. All of these moments lend to the supernatural and horror feel that pervades the episode in it’s best moments.

Abbie Mills – Abbie is once again a great driving force as we see her get Ichabod out of his self pity as he regrets the lost friendship with Abraham the Headless Horseman and we see she is the one who figures out the riddle of the sword and how to reach it. I hope to see her do some more great action in the upcoming finale.

Abraham / The Headless Horseman / Horseman of Death – This is a good Abraham episode as we get why he hates Ichabod. Ichabod ended up with the woman (Katrina) he was engaged to, Ichabod became the hero loved by all while Abraham lost everything after he’d been the one to motivate Ichabod to come over to America in the first place. His story is tragic and he is clearly a villain, which is good. I don’t want this character to die as when he is at his best he can be one of the best threats of the show (much of Season 1 for example). If he will have that back again for good will remain to be seen as he’s mostly been War’s agent of destruction.

Ichabod Crane -Ichabod shows he can be cruel when he mocks Abraham and showed he is willing to do what it takes to stop Moloch. I hope this also applies to Henry who is responsible for all the dark stuff that has happened this season. In this episode we see how deep his friendship with Abraham was and that the two honored each other in combat. I liked what we saw of his story in this.

The Puzzles for the Sword – Facing a gorgon, swords that turn to snakes when touched and illuminating a pool of oil for the sword to be found that can kill Moloch. If this is the last season I think they’ll be successful, if not than I’m guessing there are bigger fish than Moloch out there to face. But they have the sword now.

Okay: War / Henry Parish – Reveals the poison Katrina made to kill Moloch and breaks the illusion spell so she can see what she helped create. He wasn’t super memorable in this episode because he wasn’t the plotter and schemer but his hatred for humanity was nice to see again at least.

The Cons: Katrina Crane – She is useless and functions as the damsel in this episode. At this rate the most she could do is sacrifice herself to drive the plot forward since they’ve wasted all her character development and ability to do anything. She has been disappointing so far this season.

This was a really good episode. I enjoyed the drama between Abraham and Ichabod and thought the Gorgon, Moloch and the Headlesss Horseman in action as a threat were some great monsters. Now it’s time to see what a risen Moloch on Earth entails. I am interested even though I think last season has so far been overall stronger.